An article I read recently on the future of MMORPG's has got me thinking.
The UAC research base on Mars is almost a real place in time and space. Can the UAC research facility and highway 17 exist in the same universe, at different times, in different places?
I'm thinking about an integrated universe, in which a coke can on Mars is the same as a coke can in Black Mesa. If virtual space and materials were finite, they would be worth real money. Our money exceeds the gold and silver that backs it, anyways, so it can't really be considered "real".
I'm not suggesting a virtual world as an alternative to the real world. I am suggesting a virtual world that you can spend a short amount of time in, and accomplish real things. Video conferencing, for example. Why not meet in a bar in the virtual world, and have a "face-to-face" discussion?
The UAC research base on Mars is almost a real place in time and space. Can the UAC research facility and highway 17 exist in the same universe, at different times, in different places?
I'm thinking about an integrated universe, in which a coke can on Mars is the same as a coke can in Black Mesa. If virtual space and materials were finite, they would be worth real money. Our money exceeds the gold and silver that backs it, anyways, so it can't really be considered "real".
I'm not suggesting a virtual world as an alternative to the real world. I am suggesting a virtual world that you can spend a short amount of time in, and accomplish real things. Video conferencing, for example. Why not meet in a bar in the virtual world, and have a "face-to-face" discussion?